SUNRPC: Handle EINVAL error returns from the TCP connect operation

commit 9fcfe0c83c3b04a759cde6b8c5f961237f17808b upstream.

This can, for instance, happen if the user specifies a link local IPv6
address.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 3d739e5d15d8..4df801dc3488 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,11 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
         case -EALREADY:
                 xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
                 return;
+        case -EINVAL:
+                /* Happens, for instance, if the user specified a link
+                 * local IPv6 address without a scope-id.
+                 */
+                goto out;
         }
 out_eagain:
         status = -EAGAIN;